diff --git a/internal/model/blockqueue.go b/internal/model/blockqueue.go
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index ec9a9da67..000000000
--- a/internal/model/blockqueue.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2014 Jakob Borg and Contributors (see the CONTRIBUTORS file).
-//
-// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-// under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
-// Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
-// any later version.
-//
-// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-// ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
-// more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-// with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-package model
-
-import "github.com/syncthing/syncthing/internal/protocol"
-
-type bqAdd struct {
-	file protocol.FileInfo
-	have []protocol.BlockInfo
-	need []protocol.BlockInfo
-}
-
-type bqBlock struct {
-	file  protocol.FileInfo
-	block protocol.BlockInfo   // get this block from the network
-	copy  []protocol.BlockInfo // copy these blocks from the old version of the file
-	first bool
-	last  bool
-}
-
-type blockQueue struct {
-	queued []bqBlock
-}
-
-func (q *blockQueue) put(a bqAdd) {
-	// If we already have it queued, return
-	for _, b := range q.queued {
-		if b.file.Name == a.file.Name {
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
-	l := len(a.need)
-
-	if len(a.have) > 0 {
-		// First queue a copy operation
-		q.queued = append(q.queued, bqBlock{
-			file:  a.file,
-			copy:  a.have,
-			first: true,
-			last:  l == 0,
-		})
-	}
-
-	// Queue the needed blocks individually
-	for i, b := range a.need {
-		q.queued = append(q.queued, bqBlock{
-			file:  a.file,
-			block: b,
-			first: len(a.have) == 0 && i == 0,
-			last:  i == l-1,
-		})
-	}
-
-	if len(a.need)+len(a.have) == 0 {
-		// If we didn't have anything to fetch, queue an empty block with the "last" flag set to close the file.
-		q.queued = append(q.queued, bqBlock{
-			file: a.file,
-			last: true,
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func (q *blockQueue) get() (bqBlock, bool) {
-	if len(q.queued) == 0 {
-		return bqBlock{}, false
-	}
-	b := q.queued[0]
-	q.queued = q.queued[1:]
-	return b, true
-}